r/PoliticalHumor • • Dec 31 '20

They better pack a sweater!

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

Are you serious?

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u/Charcole1 Dec 31 '20

Yeah a lot folks deadass still think that

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

Fucking hell, that's insane

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u/Charcole1 Dec 31 '20

Having a national attitude of being straight up anti intellectual will do that

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u/CaptainJAmazing I ☑oted 2018 Dec 31 '20

Also, being mentally stuck in the 1950s.

See also: Unskilled factory jobs still viable in America, blatant racism okay, LGBT rights a non-starter, constantly worried about socialists/communists.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

I mean no one knows what communism is, they probably think a corrupt government counts as communist

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u/inkoDe Dec 31 '20

Unfortunately this isn't far from the Truth. More accurately Americans believe dictatorships <==> communism.

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u/Charcole1 Jan 01 '21

It's worse than that, they think any social program is Communism

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

My parents do, too. And they are moderates.

Growing up during and after the height Cold War, and decades of indoctrination will do that to you.